Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / SUNFIRE / 2000

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002086808 Incident Date: Jan, 07 2002
Consumer's City: EDELSTEIN Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SUNFIRE Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G2JD12T9Y7 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 15 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Feb, 28 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Son (denny herold) drove car to work and to a friends house, shut off car, went inside, and came back to find his car full of smoke (windows down) smoke rolling from car. fire department, police called just missed by 15 minutes having his pregnant wife and 2 year old sone in the car with him. gm notified, green chevrolet notifed, fire department looked at, state farm looked at, gm fire inspector looked at fire started on passenger side of car on floor near console. car totally destroyed. fire dept and state farm said electrical. office of defects nhtsa has a odi id: 717953 on 1/23/2000 which reported a similar incident where fire occurred in car because of short in lead wire on passenger side of car and burned through carpet.*ak